Improvement in tilting chairs



UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

CHARLES R. PETERS AND WILLIAM P. TAYLOR, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

IMPROVEMENT IN TILTING CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,629, dated July 4,1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knomr that we, CHARLES R. PETERS and WILLIAM P. TAYLOR, of SanFrancisco, in the county of Sen Francisco and State of California, haveinvented an improved oscillating chair for household purposes, churches,theaters, and other public buildings; and we do hereby declare tha-t thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same, reference beingha-d to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

This invention has for its object the production of a cheap and simplechair, adapted especially for theaters and churches, which may beinclined backward or forward at will 5 and consists in aY specicconstruction of the parts for uniting the moving' part ofthe chair withthe stand or base, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figine 1 represents a front elevation of the chairinclined forward. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the szune. Fig.3 represents e sectional side elevation, with the chair inclinedbackward, and Fig. 4, a sectional elevation of the front legs and seatof the chair taken from the rear side.

Io enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I will now proceed to describe fully itsconstrue` tion end operation.

A represents the base of the chair, which is provided with the siderails B in the usual manner, excepting that they are cut away at theirends in such manner as to form an inclined support, as shown in Figs. 2and 3. F represents the rest, which may be constructed solid or beprovided with side rail F', to support a cover. It is, of course,provided with a back of proper form. The seat F is secured in place uponthe base A by inea-11s of a plate, G', provided with a pin, G, whichlatter passes through an orifice in the plate D and rests in a slot, e,below. By means of plates Gr D, constructed as described, the seat isAeectually secured to the base without a rigid connection.

Ve do not claim the inclined base in itself, nor the rubber band; but

Having thus fully described our invention, what we do claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the base A, having its rear portion inclined, andprovided with the socketplate D, with the seat F, having the plate Gconstructed as described, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

oHAs. E. PETERS. [1.. s] wM. r. TAYLoE. l1.. s]

Witnesses:

C. W. M. SMITH, F. E. MoNTEvERDE.

